Guard for firearms



sec. 16, 1924. 1,519,886

D. TUFTS GUARD FOR FIREARMS Filed Jan. 15, 1924 INVENTOR 5* 5%? Maw/ wPetented Dec. lid, lees isle,

serene 4 since blsvfi '1UFTS, GI? EI ITSBUBGE, PENNEYLVANIA conun nonrranenns.

Application filed January 1.5, 1924-. serial Ho. 883,408.

To all, whom it may concern: v

Be it known that 1, DAVID Torre, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Guards forFirearms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description thereof. 7

My invention relates to guards for firearms, and particularl to guards"for safety slides such are employed in connection with guns.

Some of the objects of my invention are to provide a guard of such formthat the safety slide is not likely to he accidentally displaced, andwhich serves as an index to the position of the slide, and to provide animproved form of attaching means to the 11rd. Furthermore, the guard mayhave an adjustahlc connection to permit the application thereof tostandard forms of firearms means of screws such as those employed forfasteningthe tang of the g m to the gun stock. 1n the modern type oilouhlebarrel hanimerless shot gun, when the breech is closet the hammersare at full-cock. The safety slide is located on the upper part of thetang, convenient to he pushed on or oil by the right thumb. In effect,the safety slide determines the movements of the triggers, and ittherefore prevents the action of the tri ore which would otherwiseengage the sea s and release the hammer.

Briefly stated, my invention comprises a yoke member that partiallysurrounds the s fety slide and which may he secured to either the tangol the gun or the stock thereof, or formed integrally therewith. Theguard designed to prevent accidental movement of the slide to releaseposition, and also serves as an index or fixed object w 1086 relativeposition with respect to slide enables the user to determine 'oy even acasual glance whether the tiring mechanism of the is locked or unlocked.

Some of the forms which my invention may take are shown in theaccompanying drawing wherein Figure .l is a plan view of a portion of agun to which my device has been applied; Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the safety slide moved to release, or unlocked, position; Fi 3is a sectional View taken on the line 3 st of Fig. 1; Fig. at is a.detail View showing the guard, Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, butshowing a modiof Fig. 5; and Figs 7 and 8 are plan views. v

of; still other modifications. My invention is shown as applied to a guI having the barrels I mounted upon the usual tang 2 that is secured tothe gun stock 3. A safety slide 4 is mounted for movement longitudinallyof the gun and operates, as is common in safety devices of thischaracter, to lock a tang or other portion of the firing mechanismagainst movement. The safety locking'mcchanism actuated by the slide maybe any one of various types that are well known in the art, and need notbe described in detail. In order to prevent the slide 4 from. losingaccidentally moved to the unlocked position shown in Fig. 2, I provide aguard 5 which may be secured to the gun stock 3 by means of screwsfi.The top of" guard 5 may be either flush with,'or a slight distanceabove, the. surface-of the slide l, so that the slide is not likely tohe accidentally moved forwardly to unlocked position but may still bereadily moved by the thumb of the user. The guard may be readily appliedto guns of standard construction, no alteration in the form of the gunbeing necessaryto permit its attachment thereto, and is made. of ametalsuch as brass which may be bent to close-fitting engagement withthe gun stock.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I show another form of guard 5 for preventingaccidental movement of the slide l to release osigtion. This guard isprovided'with an mongated opening 7 through which tl'ie head of a screw8 may pass, the screw 8 in some cases being also employed to assist insecuring the tang 2 to the gun stock The elongated opening 7 permits theguard 5"-'to be properly adjusted with respect to the slide 4. This formof guard, as in the case of the guard 5,pro'tects the rear edge of theslide from accidental engagement with any object when in its rearmost orlooking position.

Referring to Fig. 7, I show guide devices 10- that may he formedintegrally with the gun stock It, such devices taking the shape of beads'or ribs and being formed on the gun stock at the time it ismanufactured. lhese nwmbers 10 project preferably a slight distancehigher than the top surfaces of the safety slide 4, to preventaccidental movement of such slide through frictional engagement with anyobject.

hy the guard o Fig. 8 shows still another form of guard 11 that isformed in the shape of an upwardly projecting lug, or otherwise, uponthe tang 2 of the gun, by drop forging or otherwise. during, then'ianutacture of the gun.

In eases where the tang 2 is of sutiicient width, the narrow portions ofthe guard 11 often evpr-rienccd in determiiiing with ccrtainty whetheror not the slide is in its locked position, owing to the absence offixed ohjcct located sufliciently near thereto to serve as an index. Myguard serves also as an index in that the relative positions of suchguard and the slide indicates clearly whether such slide is in itsforward unlocked [position or whether it is in its retracted, or

guard shows whether or not the slide is in unlocked position.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a gun provided with a safety slide,of a guardtherefor extendingto the rear end of said slide, and means adjustablelongitudinally of said slide for securing said guard to the gun.

2. The combination with a gun provided with a safety slide, of aseparately formed wall-like member adapted to be mounted adjacent tosaid slide to shield the same against accidental movement, the said wallhaving a portion disposed alongside the slide to thereby also serve asan index for indicating the position of the slide.

In testimony whereof I, the said DAVID TUr'rs, have hereunto set myhand.

DAVID TUFTS.

